What does it really mean to be “courageous”?

With an understanding of the Three Principles, the definition of “courage” is becoming more clear to me. It seems to me to be a reflection of living more from Mind, of knowing that there is no such thing as “risk” when we know that we already have everything.

I’d love to hear how you define “courage.” Let me know in the comments, and thank you.

That’s so true, Jill. Our ego is a set of thoughts/beliefs about who we are, and I’ve come to see that it’s all nonsense. It’s fascinating how you were able to change all of that within yourself rather quickly. It just shows how thought has no substance to it at all. I don’t know if this will make sense, but when wisdom comes through in a strong way, I have no option *not* to act on it. It just *is,* so it’s what I must do. Does that ring true for you?

Yes, it seems it’s been that way for me throughout my life. (Having to act upon wisdom–or what I used to always refer to as my inner guide.) But I’m coming to realize that not everyone seems to hear or perhaps act on the signals. Or maybe they do, but aren’t characterizing it the same way we might.

As to the changes I made, it’s really been what’s helped me to see how much we aren’t who we think we are. We are anybody…or perhaps nobody? We are just a set of labels that we have given ourselves at any given time. It’s funny, because I have a few leftover labels from “Old Jill” that I’m still hanging onto. I laugh about it because I know I could let them go if I wanted to, but for some reason I don’t want to (yet).

Oh, same here. One of my labels is “poor, starving writer.” I’m ready to stop listening to that one, for sure. I like the idea of being “nobody,” in the way that you say it here. I’m going to contemplate that for awhile. Thank you.

I’ve got at least 3. They seem to all be “dislikes.” One that I don’t like dogs. One that I don’t like to call people on the phone. And one that I don’t like and am pretty scared of doctors and serious illness, in general.

The first two, I’m pretty sure I could see differently without too much trouble. The last one–not so sure. But I realize that I’m okay with that too!